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Vigorous Exercise, Team Sports Can Guard Teens Against Suicide

July 21, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among teenagers in the U.S., ranking only behind accidental death and homicide. While any teenager can develop suicidal tendencies, certain individuals have higher risks than others. Current evidence indicates that regular participation in exercise or organized sports can significantly reduce an adolescent’s chances of thinking about […]

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Brain Abnormalities Found in Narcissists

July 18, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is one of 10 personality-based conditions defined by the American Psychiatric Association as mental health disorders. People with NPD have a noted lack of ability to feel compassion or empathy, combined with a noted excess of self-regard. Current research indicates that these outward signs of a narcissistic personality are reflections of

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Depressive Symptoms Have a Greater Impact on Quality of Life

July 15, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

It can be difficult to function normally in life when faced with bipolar disorder. The challenge intensifies when bipolar is mixed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. When depressive symptoms emerge, the individual’s quality of life is affected.

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Helping a Family Member With Bipolar Disorder

July 11, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

Bipolar disorder is a significant challenge for the person suffering from the illness. This is a condition that will need to be managed long-term and the cycles of ups and downs, especially before the disorder is diagnosed and treated, can be disheartening. However, bipolar disorder never affects only the person directly involved. It always touches

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Testosterone Therapy Shown to Ease Depression in Men

July 9, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

Testosterone is a hormone that plays a vital role in aspects of male health including the production of sperm and red blood cells, the accumulation and maintenance of muscle strength and muscle mass, and the typical distribution of body fat. Testosterone also appears to play a role in decreasing male risks for developing depression. In

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Punishment Increases Impulsivity in OCD, Study Finds

July 5, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

When met with punishment or negative feedback for our actions, some of us may change the way we behave. Others may resent the feedback and still others may express increased impulsive actions. For those with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), the latter is most likely.

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Millennials More Stressed Than the Rest of Us, Survey Finds

June 30, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

In a country still getting over the shock of terror blasts in Boston, people might be surprised to learn that our national stress level has actually been going down in recent years. Stress levels are lower for most of us with a single exception – young people ages 18 to 33 years. This age demographic

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Yoga May Help Treat Mental Illness

June 25, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

In Western culture, we have understood the benefits of yoga for decades. It improves flexibility and balance and helps to tone muscles. Of course, practitioners of yoga have been around for thousands of years, not mere decades. What these people may have known for millennia, modern Western science is just now starting to prove. Yoga

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Borderline Personality Disorder vs. Bipolar Disorder

June 14, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

Standing in the fluorescent light of the shopping mall, it can be difficult to tell whether a piece of fabric is white or off-white….is it eggshell? Ecru? Ivory? Or white? There is a difference, but sometimes it can be really difficult to determine what it is that you are seeing. In much the same way,

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The Far-Reaching Effects of Bipolar Disorder

June 10, 2013 / Articles>Mental Health

A diagnosis of mental illness in your child can be devastating news. Although advances in treatments and medications have made leaps and bounds in recent years, coping with a mental illness is still challenging. When that mental illness is bipolar disorder and the affected person is a child or teenager, the effects reach far and

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